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10 May 2018 · 12:10 PM · Division 3

Pensions and Benefits

Increase single rate of Newstart and Youth Allowance
Official title
Motions - Pensions and Benefits - Increase single rate of Newstart and Youth Allowance

Noes in the majority

This says only which side won the vote, because what Aye and No meant here depends on the exact question put in the chamber.

Aye
14
No
45
Not recorded voting
16

“Not recorded voting” is everyone eligible who isn't recorded as Aye or No, for example absent, paired, or presiding.

What was decided

The majority voted against a motion introduced by the Greens Senator Rachel Siewert (WA), which means it failed.

Motion text

That the Senate—

(a) recognises that single rates of unemployment payments are completely inadequate to cover basic living costs;

(b) acknowledges that our social safety net currently fails to protect jobseekers from falling into poverty;

(c) notes that:

(i) the Australian Council of Social Service has called for an increase of $75 a week to allowance payments for single people from 1 January 2019, and

(ii) the 2018-19 Budget did not increase any allowance payments, including Newstart or Youth Allowance; and

(d) urges the Federal Government to increase the single rate of Newstart and Youth Allowance by $75 a week.

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

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Aye
12
No
45
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party018
Liberal Party017
Australian Greens80
Independent12
Nick Xenophon Team20
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party02
Australian Democrats10
Deputy Senate President01
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party01
Liberal Democratic Party01
Liberal National Party01
National Party01
Senate President01

How each member voted

Aye · 12

No · 45

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